Church Of St Michael

The Church of St Michael is a parish church with a 12th-century tower. The nave was rebuilt in 1770 and again after a fire in 1888 by architects Bassett Smith and James Howes. It is constructed of hammer-dressed pink and calciferous sandstone, with the rebuilding done in similar materials but featuring red sandstone quoins, a string course, and a battlemented parapet with crocketed finials, all set on a chamfered plinth. The roof is made of graduated greenslate with coped gables and cross finials.

The church has a west tower that is three stories high, a nine-bay nave with aisles, and a single-bay chancel that includes a north vestry. The base of the tower is from the 12th century, while the upper storeys were added in 1770. The west doorway is elliptical-arched and features a Perpendicular-style overlight. There is a painted clock face on the west side with Roman numerals, situated below Perpendicular-style bell openings. The nave and aisles, completed in 1888, have traceried windows with two and three lights on two levels. The chancel contains a large traceried east window and a single-storey polygonal vestry.

Inside, the tower and porch feature a medieval pedestal font with an octagonal carved bowl, and the 12th-century tower arch has a broach-stopped hollow chamfer. There are built-in 12th-century cushion capitals, medieval slab fragments, and various 19th-century wall plaques. The interior of the nave has a barrel roof supported by braces, four-bay aisles, and a 19th-century gallery. The church contains a variety of late 19th-century and early 20th-century stained glass. The side chapel features a carved and painted reredos from 1933, while the chancel includes a 19th-century piscina and sedilia. Notably, there are effigies of Sir Christopher Curwen and his wife from around 1450 on a tomb base, complete with heraldic side panels.